Where those associated with Western films from around the world are laid to rest.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

RIP Ted Boy Marino

Mario Marino, known as Ted Boy Marino, was born on
October 18, 1939 in Fuscaldo Marina, Calabria, Italy. He came to Buenos Aires in
1953, in the hold of a ship, at 12 years of age, along with his parents and
five other siblings. He worked as a shoemaker in Buenos Aires, but took
advantage of his free time to learn wrestling and practice weightlifting. In
1962 he was already participating in programs on Telecatch channels 9 and 12 of
Buenos Aires from Montevideo.

In 1965, Marino reached Brazil. Shortly thereafter, he
was hired as a fighter on Telecatch by TV Excelsior, where he was a great
success. In the wrestling ring, along with other fighters like Tigre Paraguaio (Paraguayan
Tiger), Electra, he defeated Alex and other villains like Aquiles (Achilles),
Verdugo, Rasputim (Rasputin), Barba Negra (Blackbeard), El Chasques and Múmia (Mummy).
He soon became a wrestling legend in Brazil

In the 1980s, with the decline of the Telecatch genre in
Brazil, he began working on TV shows. Marino served as a co-star in the
television program Os Trapalhões, usually in the role of villain, in addition
to cameos on comedy programs such as Escolinha do Professor Raimundo. He also
performed in theaters and clubs in the Brazilian states.

Marino died on September 27, 2012 in Rio de Janiero after
emergency surgery for thrombosis, in Pro-Cardiac Hospital in Botafogo after
nearly nine hours of operation, Ted succumbed to a cardiac arrest and died.

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.